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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-09
THE ENGLISH SOLDIER.
His Meager Pay and Still More MeAecs
Chance for Promotion.

His Meager Pay and Still More MeAgc4
Chance for Promotion.
The nominal pay of common soldier
Is twenty-five cents a day, varying
up to forty-two cents day for
men in the household cavalry.
But when the prescribed stoppages
have been made toward the cost Of his
keep very little indeed is left to him
in the way Of pocket money. He may
not fare badly, as compared with men
of his own rank in life who are not
soldiers, while he is in his teens or for
few years after. Soon, however, he
wants more, and is worth more-n he
is worth any thing-and the bride Of
four cents day, rising to six cents, for
arrangement, is not enough for his re-
quirements or his deserts. He may, Of
course, advance to be a corporal, SER
geant, or even a sergeant-major, re-
ceiving as much as 81. 25. or in the
Royal Engineers, $3.50 day; nay, it
is now possible for him to be promoted
altogether out of the ranks and to be-
come ian officer and gentleman"
But these latter promotions are very
rare, and, though there are doubtless
quite as many non-connmissioned off,
GERS as there is room or need for in q
regiment, enough scope is not thus
afforded for the reward Of good conduct
and long service which the great mass
of our soldiers have right to expect.
Surely, it would be to the general adj
vantage, and not really expensive, il
such progressive scale of pay were
adopted as would enable private, il
through no fault of his own he con-
tinued to be private all through his
career, to have when he was forty or
fifty years old much larger remunera-
ton than the balance left to him, after
stoppages, from a nominal wage OF thirty
cents day. The addition of a penny
to every soldiers pay would amount to
nearly 81, 500, 900 a year. but as we SUR
render with every soldier whom we dis
charge after seven years service the
value Of something like 5000, there
would be no expense whatever il we
kept that one thousand pounds worth
Of soldiership in the army, in using the
money to recompense our trained men
for continuing in our service. - Gentle
mans Magasise.
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DUEL WITHOUT BLOOD.
A Gritty Doctors Revenge ON an Arrogant
Army OfFicer.


A Gritty Doctors Revenge on an Arrogant
Army Oficer.
In .'Dueling Days in the Army, re-
Gently published in London, is this story
of the way in which clever man evaded
duel, and yet punished the person who
had insulted him: While DIR. Young,
an officer belonging to the Woolwich
garrison, was escorting some ladies up
the river to Vauxhall, about the year
1920, he played them some tunes on
flute. Behind them was boat in which
were several officers, rowing for the Same
goal, and as these soon came alongside
the one the doctor and his party were
in, he ceased playing. One of the of
ficers Immediately asked why he did so.
For the same reason / began" an
swered DR.. Young, ito please myself !"
The reply to this was an order to con-
tinue playing, ending with threat
that if he did not do so he (the officer)
would toss the doctor into the Thames.
DR.. Young complied with the insolent
demand, and played all the way up the
river to Vauxhall. During the evening,
however, the doctor observed the officer
who had been SO musically inclined by
himself in one of the walks, when he
went up to him and with great GOODNESS
said: 1T was, sir, to avoid interrupts
ing the harmony of either my company
or yours that / complied with your ar
rogant demand, but that you may learn
courage is to be found under black
coat as well as under red one, expect
you will meet me tomorrow morning
at certain place without any second,
the quarrel being entirely between our
selves The doctor further covenanted
that the affair should be decided by
swords, to all of which conditions the
officer readily agreed. The parties met
the following morning, ms had been ar
ranged, but the moment the officer had
taken his ground and drawn his sword
the doctor pulled out horse pistol and
presented it at him. .What!'' ex-
claimed the officer in alright, ssdo you
mean to assassinate me?n NO. re-
PuS0 uiiC doGtOA, uub f3u cildu lu~
stantly put on your sword and dance a
minuet, otherwise you are dead man. y
The other at this began to swear at his
opponent, as well as to VOW he would
do nothing of the kind; but the doctor
was resolute, giving the officer clearly
to understand that, if he did not begin
to dance before he (Young) counted
thirty, the threat would be carried into
effect. In slow time the doctor began
to count lone, two, three and by the
time he had got up to item" the sword
was returned into its sheath, and before
he had counted twenty" the officer
was going through a minuet as stately
as a man could do that had q loaded
pistol leveled within few feet of his
head. After quarter of an hours
practice the muzzle of the pistol was
lowered, the holder of 1t saying as it
fell: THAT will do. sir; we are now
quits. You forced me to play against
my will, and / have compelled you to
dance against yours. Being now on
level / viii give you whatever satisfac-
ton you require. The next affair will,
of course, be with seconds. You know
where to find me. Good morning.
The doctor, however. heard no more of
the matter.-Lo,sdon Telegram.
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FARM AND FlRrs.n.

-Feed growing chicken, !,
will eat.
Potatoes marketed
after digging at forty ceoss as
more profit than Il held !. "
spring aud sold at fifty cent?
10 make papier-machs
small work, boil clippings + e
white paper in water. beat tl.''
paste, add glue or gum. sn ~ :
press into oiled mods. ''
The West needs 4
fasteners method ii sbe,ts.e l
caring for sheep, saws ths ~
Stock Breeder, while the Luz.
to get some Of the hardness II
by range sheep into bis ilosk
Quick Cake: -Four M al Y
OF sugar, one cup Of MN. ~ H. - /
Hour, two teaspoonfuls II w
tartar and ono teaspoons, s :
flavor with lemon. Put alls.ss.,
q dish before beating and ii 4
in the tin after baking uafII MI
use. Bake in 4 quick own
Budget.
--Oil-cloths should not i 81
or soaped; wipe them FIRST M ! !
cloth and then with 4 DIV NJ
sionally a little milk and wa,s, q
used to brighten them, and 4 Ri
tern Is worn off while the e]otb
good. they can be painted inca 3
floor. Form. Field and .Stoclsns,
Only good work pays Toa1
work one needs good tools. ~
who does good work gets lary,
and makes the most rnonev MI,
be thought good until one &c
that is better; and until the besE
is seen and done the farmer I
never be satisfied. Natioaeg ~
Every thing seems ID be il Ks
making specialists Of Farmers, al,l]
who fail to adapt themselves Is IA
order Of things win apparentl,|
themselves in time hard pushed \
western specialists, who wear H.
are taking up new branches Of far'
and spending their whole tirne, N
and attention in DEVELOPING ia
their utmost. Geo. e. WalsR
Dressed Eggs: Boil the eery
and, when cool, peel and diSa.
whites carefully. cutting the lone
and placing the pieces Ii pai.s
dish. Mash the yelks with
quantity Of butter and minced
seasoned highly with salt peppi.
mustard, and, rolling into small
place in the cavities Of the whita
close so as to resemble whole q
Chicago Herald.
The average life Of d WORKER
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THE POTATO CROP.
A Successful Method Of Raising ths1
ON Sod Ground.


The best success / ever had
quantity, quality and freedom iiv
ease into consideration In culdF
potatoes for the autumn crop
let the grass grow on q good ps
sod till the last Of Msy or the frst
of June and then turn the furovs
six or seven inches deep, hat Over
object in letting the grass gros
long is that 1t assists in more y
decomposing the sod during ths
mer. If the following autumn
happen to be mild, the plowing I
safely be prolonged to tho end Of
Being detained in finishing plall
my potatoes one season ! left !
patch of the field to be- ploved
planted so late as the first week u y
and / got as large q crop from "
from that planted q month ea''
After the ground is plowed' pas
roller over to smooth Il, then ~
out on top Of the sod about Tires "a
deep. This, unless the sod he /
thick, can be done without distuEb'9
which is indispensable 10 secure 2
crop. Fuirowing three inches
turns out sufficient loose SOL @
side to cover the seed when pis1
Scarce q weed will grow herr. ana|
fair amount Of rain falls the soa|
decompose just rapidly enough y y
the season to supply sufficient a''3
for the growth Of the tubers -
are no weeds to kill, one plovlns
be enough for the crop.
This should be done Just BEFORE J.
soming, and loose soil enough y
found between the rows % hiil sns /!
toes well. When the sod . very J.
sufficient loose soil may NOT p =
ON it to pillow out for planting y
case the planter may out 9 n 's !,
the hoe at each step bstwee', ne |
of every third furrow, then ar}|
seed and cover. Ihave got goea|
in this way, but it is not g ea1'.|
by blowing for planting. Both ns &
presuppose the soil rich enough Y
duce a paying crop without msau
have raised 2S7 bushels from tns \,
when / could furrow out well O. :
the sod for planting. This ',s1s9
auires less labor than most o'ne,s
as I was then situated, was tne eas \
way, on the whole, which ! c0n'a y
TO raise potatoes Of good size sap y
ity. II land be plowed il 49,, n
the purpose Of having Che 500 roy = =
winter, ii must be replowed y
narrowed thoroughly, rolled, !, e. s
turrowed out for planting. 1a's y !,
double work, and somany weeas =
up during summer as 70 reaaas
plowings between the rows q s J J,
besides hand-hoeing Then 80
The ground is left 50 much mols .:.,
there Is greater difficulty Ia d'e \
crop with the potato nloH
Alien. IN N. Y Tribune
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-'In case of an accident, Doctors
broken leg, for instance what is best
to be done while waiting for the physi-
cianp" well said the doctor, II
think the best thing to be done is to get
bis money ready for him. Puck.
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Corn of all the cereals has been virL
tnally free from insect pests for tho past
$50 years
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-09

CaIc WucVacr IL COMES lHJ0 the text or not Z
| never leave my place on this pl att orm
without telling them that now is the &C.
cepted time. and to some, perhaps, the last
time.
Xerxes looked of on his army. There
were two million men-perhaps the finest
army ever marshaled. Xerxes rode alon q
the lines, reviewed them, came back,
stood on some high point, looked of upon
the two million men, and burst into tears.
At that moment, when every one supposed
he would be in the greatest exuItation, he
broke down in grief. They asked him why
he wept.
"Ah,n he said, 81 weep at the thought
that SO soon all this host will be dead
So stand looking OF upon this host Of
immortal men and women, and realize the
fact, as perhaps no man can, unless he
has been in similar position, that soon the
places which know you now will know you
no more, and you will be gone-whithera
Whithera There is stirring idea which
the poet put in very peculiar verse when
he said:
IT'S not for man to tribe; life is brief
And sin is here;
Our age is but the falling of Leaf
dropping tear.
Not many lives, but only one have We
One, only onel
How sacred Should that ono lie ever be-
That narrow spNn.
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( StSt1<A
II could not be tempted Is you are.n
the lion thinks it Is so strange that the
nsh should be caught with hook. The
ush thinks it is so strange that the Ii on
should be caught with trap. You see
some man with cold, phlegmatic tenn
permanent, and you say:
suppose that man has not any tempta-
tion.n
Ask the aged Christian whether he is
never assaulted Of the powers Of dark
ness Il you think you have conquered
the power Of temptation, you are very
much mistaken.
man who wanted . throne pretended
ne was very weak and sickly, and il he
was elevated he would soon be gone. He
srawled upon his crutches to the throne.
and, having attained it, he was strong
again. he said:
ut was well for me, while / was look.
ing Tor the scepter Of another, that I
should stoops but now that / have found
II why should I stoop any longera, and he
threw away his crutches and was we'll
again.
How illustrative Of the power Of t. MP
tationi Ycu think It is weak and Grip
plea Influences but give it chance and It
VIII become . tyrant II your soul; It will
gf1no Jon 70 atolns. No man has finally
and soreysr overcome temptation until ne
has Let tie world. But what ara You to
DO vita these temptati0nsl Tell evory
body aeont themE Al, what silly man
you uould bel s
A. weI1 might commander ii fort
send word to the enomy which rats 81 tho
eAstlei1 Inst bnzfed, - to- ron to 20 ana
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HERE AND THERE.

Men are like bugles; the more
brass they contain the more noise
they make, and the farther you hear
them.
Two women in Chattanooga
Tenn, are having lawsuit over q
tough old gander. The gander is
worth about thirty-fiye cents, but the
costs already amount to quite large
sum.
BY stirring the soil after every
rain the weeds will be more easily de-
sIroyed than at any other time. Never
allow the weeds to go to seed especial
ly in the garden.
Grapes in Georgia, North and
South Carolina and Virginia are al
most failure, as is also the crop in
New Jersey, Shipments north will DO
very light.
The Governor of North Carolina
and the Governor of South Carolina
met at the Philadelphia celebration.
The hospital citizens did all in Their
power to prevent those discriminating
gentlemen from repeating the historic
| remark which one of them once made
| to the other, and fatter themselves
that they succeeded.
The Shelby Ky.) Necs says X I.
Lawson, of that county, was badly
troubled with tobacco worms on MS
crop, but recently an immense flock OF
black birds alighted in the patch and
destroyed every worm that was to Do
| found.
One of the worst results OF the
drouth in Madison County, KY, was
the loss of grass and fencing along the
railroads by sparks from the locomo.
lives. Bluegrass, although well cured
in drouth, will make good winter pas
ture even when it burns like finder.
1t is claimed by those who have
tried it that cotton-seed and sweet po-
tatoes mixed are very iattening. as
both are common in the South, let
| somebody try them. Mix three parts
If cooked potatoes and one OF meat
and feed of mornings two or three
times a week.
Chickens want anil need salt mol
all the time, but often enough 10 sup.
ply the want. The best method %
giving it to them is in their soft food,
say twice week. Put in sufhcieh'
an cunt to season and no more. II
| aids principally is digestion.
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SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Saving Seed Corn.

There appears to be quite differ
ence in opinion as to the proper time
for selecting seed corn and also tie
method of curing the same. While
we all wish for perfect ear, yet many
suffer great loss from poor seed caused
from want of care at this season of the
year. One year l selected the first
ripe, while yet uncut traced. and
hung up in the gables of buildings. l
had fair. results with this method,
which, at the time, l thought to be the
best.
Since then l had learned better
way, found in allowing the crop to be
cut as soon as glazed and stooked;
when dry seed was selected and cured
in room well ventilated. while being
kept warm by means of fire. A test
in Ohio seed thus treated, being plant
ed on the same day side by side with
seed cured in the old way, resulted in
favor of the new process. While by
the new process the seed was five
inches high, the former was but three
inches, showing conclusively that there
was virtue in the new process of select
ing and curing seed.
One reason of this improved condi-
ton arises from the fact that while the
flow of sap on its upward course in the
stalk is raw and reaching the top is
there digested, on its downward course
it enters the ear, giving it the finishing
touch required by nature to form a
perfect seed. By the aid of artificial
heat in drying, the germ is strength
ened, causing vigorous growth not
SO liable to rot if followed by cold and
unfavorable weather Immediately after
planting.
| Admitting this principle to be cor
rect one could hardly think favor
ably of the old style of topping corn
to ripen the ear, whereby we cut off
all the flow of sap, much to the det-
riment of both seed and stalks. AS to
the time best suited for harvesting
corn to secure the greatest nutritive
i ratio, have tested with my cows by
feeding the same at various stages OF
the growth. The best returns in but
ter product were secured when the
stalks were cut as the ear was begin
ming to glaze nicely, time when the
corn should be cut and stocked at
once. This allows the sap to take its
natural course, developing its seed as
intended by the laws of nature
Farmers Home Journal.
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Crop Statistics.

The September report of the Depsr
ment of Agriculture is out. In tim
Dodge. the Statlstician, marks near,
all crops down several notches fran
the July and August reports. Cornh
reduced to sos per cent. of a standml
crop. Wheat lowered somewhat from
previous estimates. 50 against S7S
same time last year. Cotton is REDUCED
over ten points from excess Of rain i
some places and drouth in ohen
Tobacco shows q further depression
the West. Condition in Virginia 81
North Carolina 80, Tennessee g.
Kentucky SIS, Ohio IS, Indiana 4,
Illinois 50, Missouri SO, Potatoes hay
declined heavily in condition, and Al
put at the general average Of g.
against sos in August. 1t is the poo
est prospect for potatoes ever noted
same date for twenty years.
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Death to Mildew.

Early in July we treated vine on
which mildew had commenced to work,
both on leaves and fruit, with sulphide
of potash, with the result that the fun
gus was Immediately destroyed. and to
this time it has not again appeared.
The vine was syringed with solution
of the sulphide, one ounce to four gal
Ions of water The widowed places
appear on the fruit as blackish and
well-defined spots. The fruit has gone
on and developed. apparently without
check. Here, then. is an agent that
can be employed to check aud destroy
one of the worst foes vine-growers
have had to combat. As we
have at different times stated,
the value of sulphide OF potash for the
destruction of mildew on vegetation,
giving also cases in proof of its eff
fects. we hope that some of our read
ers may have tried it on widowed
vines the past season. and if so. that
they will give us their experience with
it. The editor of the Orchard and
Garden in his late issue, makes the
statement that the French sulphate oil
copper and lime remedy, recommend
ed by the Department of Agriculture,
does not prevent mildew. and that il
is developing and spreading on vines
to which it has been applied. Our adj
vice is to try sulphide of potash =
Tck's Monthly.
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White Fowls.

There is a demand for white fowls
for real use, that is, market fowls
something that can be sold by The
pound for table use. 1t is not general.
ly believed that white chickens will
ever be immensely popular as a purely
fancy fowl, to be used exclusively IN
the show room. Their mission Is I'd
fill skillets, frying-pans, pots, etc.
Their meat is tender, the skin is vel.
low. and in dressing them for market
the pin-feathers are easily disposed Of
A cross of White Cochin hens and 1
White Leghorn cock will produce one
of the best fowls ever carried to mar
ket.
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is one of the crops that brine c...,
suits ,l on poor pine land the FIRST St. s.'
The land is broken by pillow and y I
rowed thoroughly, the seed :
scattered broadcast, one and
bushels per acre, and harrowsa y
lie harvests it with a common =
cradle in August and September. III N
ing it in tolerably small sheavss NY ~
is in order to let it cure quickly 4
the summer is the rainy season ~ S,a'
and any forage crop needs ! "
housed or well stacked at once a.
being cut the rice sprouts from ~, \
roots and.affords good pasturacs !. !
time when the piney woods grasss, = !,
wiry and dry. The cattle liLa !,
gives a good milk flow aud ram..
fresh and green for three mon,s
Threshing is done at leisure v;,s '
fad. The lack of a hulling mill i
drawback to its production. If enoa,
could be raised in one section 10 !.
rant the establishment Of 4 nil,
would render rice-growing more nro
able on this account, and Mr.. Peta,,
obliged to use it wholly for sto,
principally horses and chickens i
most excellent feed for the latter !
horses work on it as they would
oats and they will eat the straw res
ly as we'll as the grain. The weld
raw sod without manure is an
twenty bushels per acre.
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N
The Watermelon Crop.

1t has been big year for water
melons, the biggest the South has ever
known. In Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama and Texas. wherever the water
melon is grown, it has returned q good
profit for some years past and the fact
melted the farmers everywhere to try
an increased acreage this season. 1t
proved an suspicious one, and the re-
suit has been the biggest melon crop
the South has ever known. The capacity
of the country for consuming melons
is great and growing. m O. Times
Democrat.
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The Ravishing Snow Flowers.

A Florida >pondent sends us
the following paragraph, and asks is
there ''any foundation" for it? says
Gardener Monthly: 1.-The great bota-
nists, Anthoskoff. found in Siberia, in
1870, the ravishing snow flower. the
seeds of which he took to ST. Peters
burg, and which lowered in the pres
enee of the Imperial family. This
beautiful and impressive member of
the floral kingdom is perfectly white.
leaves, stock and flower. and it springs
up to the height of three feet in three
days! The plant possesses only three
snow-white leaves and its flowers;
buds, blossoms and fades in
twenty-four hours 1t is in the shape
of a star, about four inches in diane
ter. and possesses petals of great
length. 1t exhales slight and
delicate odor, but If touched by a
warm hand both it and the leaves and
the stock on which they rest, dissolve
instantly into substance that seems
almost pure snow. 1t would appear,
indeed, that it was a kind of snow
fungus, but it produces seeds which
can be transplanted." The editor of
the Monthly says: In the first place
there is no great botanist," Anthos-
kofI Anthos is Greek for flower -
and the whole thing is evidently made
up by some clever newspaper reporter.
1t sprung up. we fancy, in less than
three days-probably three minutes
were suffi cient to bring into full ma
turity from the seed, as it fell on
cerebral snow cap. where it was first
found.
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Upland Rice.

Upland or white rice is coming rap
idly forward as a profitable crop for
poor pine land. Mr. Piers. of Law
tey, La. says The Sugar Bosoi, is rails
ing this crop successfully on very thin,
poor land. He sows the seed from
May 10 July. as it requires summer
heat 10 terminate, and if sowed ear
licr than May often fails to come up.
MI. Peters prefers the virgin soil. 1t
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SAM JONES and other living evangelists
get OF good many bright things, but they
are not credited with Iuaking a better
point than that reported Ct Jacob Knapp.
who. in rebuking hair-splt...ng theologians.
said: - 1t is not God but the devil who
sets men tanning mosquitoes hide on
snore, while shipwrecked crew are Der.
iEhing unhelped before them"